Assessment of Personnel Management Skills Among Private School Owners in Ifako Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page                                                                                                                   i

Certification                                                                                                               ii

Dedication                                                                                                                  iii

Acknowledgements                                                                                                    iv

Table of contents                                                                                                        vi

List of Tables                                                                                                              ix

Abstract                                                                                                                      x

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study                                                                                            1

Statement of the Problem                                                                                           5           

Purpose of the Study                                                                                                  7

Research Question                                                                                                      7

Research Hypotheses                                                                                                  8

Significance of the study                                                                                            9

Operational Definition of Terms                                                                                9

Scope and Delimitation of the Study                                                                          10

 CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Concept of Personnel                                                                                                 11

Concept of Management                                                                                            16

Concept of Personnel Management                                                                           24

Concept of Personnel Management Skills                                                                 28

School Management and payment of staff of salary                                                  32

School Management and Staff Professional Development                                        38

Summary of Literature Reviewed                                                                              44

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research Design                                                                                                         48           

Population of the Study                                                                                              49

Sample and Sampling Procedure                                                                               49

Research instrument                                                                                                   50           

Validity of the Instrument                                                                                          50

Reliability of the Instrument                                                                                      50

Procedures for Data collection                                                                                   51

Method of Data Analysis                                                                                            52

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS

Data Analysis                                                                                                             53

Test of Hypotheses                                                                                                     55

Summary of findings                                                                                                  58

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Discussion of Findings                                                                                               59

Conclusion                                                                                                                  60

Recommendations                                                                                                      61

REFERENCES                                                                                                           63

APPENDIX                                                                                                                67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the teachers’ assessment of personnel management skills by school owners in Ilorin West, Kwara State.         

Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study and multi-stage sampling method which involved proportionate, stratified and random sampling techniques was adopted to draw a total of 100 respondents that participated in the study. Teaching methods adopted by basic science teachers and the implication Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) of inferential statistics were used to test the null hypotheses postulated for the study at 0.05 alpha level while, frequency count and percentages were used to compute the demographic data collected.

The findings of the study revealed that There is a significant relationship between teachers’ assessment and personnel management skills by school owners in Ilorin West, Kwara State. There is a significant difference between the financial entitlements and the personnel management skills among private school owners in Ifako Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State. There is a significant difference between the Professional development and the personnel management skills among private school owners in Ifako Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State. There is a significant difference between the Staff Welfare and the personnel management skills among private school owners in Ifako Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that there should be seminar giving to the teachers on important of assessment and personnel management skills by school owners in Ilorin West, Kwara State. There should be seminar giving to the administration on the effects of financial entitlements and the personnel management skills among private school owners in Ifako Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State. There should be seminar giving to the administration on the effects of Professional development and the personnel management skills among private school owners in Ifako Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State. There should be seminar giving to the administration on the effects of Staff Welfare and the personnel management skills among private school owners in Ifako Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State.